You're welcome to mention it in context of me if you wantas I'm aware that I perhaps get a disproportionate amount of fps.
(though I appreciate the politeness)
However, I certainly don't believe that I get stuff fp'd because it's mine, merely because I must have a similar sense of humour to one or more moderators. As I mentioned below, some of my stuff does terribly, which I am glad for as it does give me some idea of what ideas work. This example was particularly interesting for that as the simple version worked, the complex one didn't. Made me realise the importance of clarity of ideas.
That said, I do get really pissed off when people accuse me of fp'ing my own stuff - as that would completely take the pleasure away from being here.
Also, there's been plenty of occasions when a new member has had their first post fp'd. Any bias (if at all) is towards fitting in with 'house style', not toward individuals.
At the end of the day, a good front page attracts people to the site, while a crap one would put people off, so there is no real logical reason I can see why someone would not flag a post they liked because of who made it or, indeed, fp something they didn't like.
((though I appreciate the politeness)
However, I certainly don't believe that I get stuff fp'd because it's mine, merely because I must have a similar sense of humour to one or more moderators. As I mentioned below, some of my stuff does terribly, which I am glad for as it does give me some idea of what ideas work. This example was particularly interesting for that as the simple version worked, the complex one didn't. Made me realise the importance of clarity of ideas.
That said, I do get really pissed off when people accuse me of fp'ing my own stuff - as that would completely take the pleasure away from being here.
Also, there's been plenty of occasions when a new member has had their first post fp'd. Any bias (if at all) is towards fitting in with 'house style', not toward individuals.
At the end of the day, a good front page attracts people to the site, while a crap one would put people off, so there is no real logical reason I can see why someone would not flag a post they liked because of who made it or, indeed, fp something they didn't like.
monkeon schmonkeon,
Fri 29 Oct 2010, 0:44,
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